World Cup - Life goes on, says Scolari after Brazil debacle

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari tried to pick himself and his players up on Wednesday, saying they were still winners and that life must go on following their shattering 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat by Germany.

"Our life is not made from defeats, this was the worst of all, but life is good, nobody will die because of this."

"We win together, we lose together, there are good moments, there are bad moments," added Scolari, who appeared alongside the entire coaching staff including technical director Carlos Alberto Parreira.

Tite, currently without a club, won the Libertadores Cup and Club World Cup with Corinthians, Ramalho has also won the Brazilian title with Sao Paulo and former Real Madrid coach Luxemburgo led Brazil for two years after the 1998 World Cup.

Parreira, who coached Brazil's World Cup-winning team in 1994, described Tuesday's game as a "tsunami" after Brazil conceded five goals in an 18-minute first-half spell.

"Yesterday was atypical, a tsunami happened here," he said. "(Goalkeeper) Julio Cesar got it in a nutshell when he said that you can't explain the inexplicable.

"Brazilian football is very strong, it's big, it has survived crises bigger than this and it will bounce back."